Nearly 170,000 pounds of raw meat products are being recalled because they were falsely labeled as having gone through federal inspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
North Carolina-based Star Meat Delivery is recalling about 167,639 pounds of raw, pork, beef and goat products that were shipped to A&D Foods in Georgia and then distributed to retailers and restaurants across the United States, the agency’s Food Safety and Inspection service said Tuesday.
The affected products were produced before Sept. 22 and may have false USDA inspection labels that say “EST. 1363.” They include cardboard boxes of individually vacuum-packed sliced rib-eye, beef short ribs, pork chorizo and goat. A full list of products and labels is available here.
According to the USDA, “there have been no confirmed reports of illness or injury due to consumption of these products.” However, the agency has classified the recall as Class I, its highest risk level, indicating “reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”
The agency has advised customers to throw away the products or return them to where they were purchased.
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